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BAFTA SHORTS 2016

Celebrate the UK’s talented crop of new filmmakers with a programme featuring all of the nominated British Short Films and British Short Animations from this year's EE British Academy Film Awards. Join us for a screening of all of the films followed by a Q&A with Callum Rice, director of Mining Poems or Odes.

BAFTA's British Short Film and British Short Animation categories at the EE British Academy Film Awards celebrate and reward innovative and experimental short fiction and non-fiction films and animation.

Over Over presents a crime scene. During the course of 9 wide shots, told in reverse order, we watch an intriguing story unfold. What has happened in this quiet neighbourhood? A murder, a hit and run, an accident? The reality is profound, and deeply unexpected.

Director/Writer: Jörn Threlfall Producer: Jeremy Bannister

Edmond Edmond’s impulse to love and be close to others is strong… Maybe too strong. As he stands alone by a lake contemplating his options, he goes on a journey backwards through his life, and revisits all his defining moments in search for the origin of his desires.

Director/Writer: Nina Gantz Producer: Emilie Jouffroy

Samuel – 613 This is the first fictional film made with the UK’s Hasidic population, gaining unprecedented access for a drama including non-professional actors and Yiddish dialogue. It explores culture clash, identity struggle and the spiritual consequences.

Director/Writer: Billy Lumby Producer: Cheyenne Conway

Operator An Emergency Services Operator in a Fire Control Room receives a call from a desperate young mother whose three-year-old son is trapped upstairs. Flames are creeping down the stairs that Gemma must use in order to reach him. The operator’s guidance is all that Gemma can rely on in order to survive.

Director/Writer: Caroline Bartleet Producer: Rebecca Morgan

Prologue Young girl witnesses battle to the death.

Director: Richard Williams Producer: Imogen Sutton

Mining Poems or Odes Robert, an ex-shipyard welder from Govan in Glasgow, reflects on how his life experiences have influenced his new found compulsion to write. His retrospective poetry reveals a man who is trying to achieve a state of contentment through words and philosophy. He has put aside his tools for pen and paper.

Director: Callum Rice Producer: Jack Cocker

Manoman Glen is barely a man. In a desperate attempt to tap into his masculinity he attends a primal scream therapy session, but even surrounded by wailing men he cannot make a sound. When Glen is pushed too far, he releases something from deep within that knows no limits.

Director/Writer: Simon Cartwright Producer: Kamilla Kristiane Hodol

Elephant Two friends while away a skint afternoon in Brighton, trying to avoid what’s staring them both in the face. Why let the fact that they’ve fallen in love get in the way of talking nonsense? And what’s wrong with settling for second best if it avoids an awkward conversation?